EE was attempting to identify the problems with the scrubber motor on the JM 6911 continuous miner on the number one section in the number one entry when EE came in contact with electricity. The employee was brought to the surface and transported by ambulance to a Hospital where EE later passed away from the injury sustained from the incident.
Blackhawk Mining LLCController
- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 1,158
- Mines on record
- 63
- Years on record
- 2013–2020
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 86% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
- TECO Energy Inc6fatal1,151 total
- Carmeuse Holding SA4fatal1,127 total
- Hanson PLC3fatal1,160 total
- S C R-Sibelco Nv3fatal1,132 total
- Blackhawk Mining LLCthis controller3fatal1,158 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL2 fatalities · 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 58 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS258 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK203 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON174 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)94 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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- East Mac & NellieKY
- SHM-44WV
- Spurlock #2 Surface MineKY
- UG #1KY
- Orchard Branch Mine No. 89KY
- Spurlock #4 Surface MineKY
- Poundmill Mine No 90KY
- Pads Branch WasherKY
- Redhawk #6KY
- 1XKY
- FancoWV
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- Harris Prep PlantWV
- Wells Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Speed MineWV
- Rocklick Preparation PlantWV
- Gateway Eagle MineWV
- Samples Surface MineWV
- Gilbert PlantWV
- Toms Fork Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Coal Clean Prep PlantWV
- No. 2WV
- Campbells Creek No 10 MineWV
- NORTH EAGLE MINEWV
- Coalburg Tunnel MineWV
- No. 8WV
- Black Stallion UG MineWV
- Black Oak MineWV
- Samples Mine Highwall MinerWV
- Blue Creek Prep PlantWV
- Winchester UG MineWV
- Winchester Peerless Rachel MineWV
- No. 3-A MineWV
- Washington MineWV
- Blue Creek No. 2 MineWV
- Blue Creek No. 1 UG MineWV
- Glancy Surface MineWV
- EAGLE #3 MINEWV
- Flying EagleWV
- Muddy BridgeWV
- Buffalo Deep MineWV
Fatalities under this controller
3 recordedEE was working to replace a high voltage starter for the slope belt and was in the process of adjusting the mechanical linkage connected to the switch when EE came in contact with electricity. EE was transported via ambulance to CAMC Memorial where EE passed away from the injuries sustained from the incident.
On 6/13/2017 a continuous miner operator was moving the continuous miner out of the #3 entry on the #1 Section. As EE backed the miner out of the entry EE was caught between the head of the continuous miner and the coal rib. This resulted in fatal crushing injuries.